Poor man's Trout Bum weekend

[twosets]

Great report, thanks for sharing

George

[kitgebhardt]

Marshall jcm 800, 50 watt 4X12 beside a Fender Bassman 4X10 tweed is my amp rig. Main guitars are a 1970 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and a 1974 Tele. I retired from the road life about 10 years ago. 47 states played in, hundreds of thousands of miles driven, and lots of fishing time missed. It was a great experience, but I don't think I would do it again.

[drew03cmc]

Wow, whenever you want to play in the state somewhere...let us all know, and then we can all have a few suds and swap fishing stories, followed of course by the next day of fishing ALL day long!

[Terry Beeson]

Marshall jcm 800, 50 watt 4X12 beside a Fender Bassman 4X10 tweed is my amp rig. Main guitars are a 1970 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and a 1974 Tele.

Nice rig...

My band was playing a gig in the mid 90s and the owner of the club asked if he could sit in for a set. Well, we agreed (afterall, he's paying the bill...) and when he opened his guitar case, the lead guitar player and I almost had a heart attack... A Les Paul Goldtop... Come to find out, it was a '57 (if I remember right... I want to say it was a year older than me... certainly somewhere between '56 and '59) and in MINT condition. He had gotten it for a $50 bar tab in the early 90s....... The guy bought it new, played it a few times, and cased it and kept it under his bed for 35 years...

Why can't I run into something like that?

[jscheetz]

Thanks guys - much appreciated! We do get to play down that way a bit - did the Springfield blues fest a couple of years ago - play down in Fayetteville - Taking some time off the road to do the new record - then Going to Europe in the fall.

Drew - I didn't know what to expect at Crane having never fished there - but there were just fish everywhere! Now after I had fished the stretch I must have caught the active ones and scared any others cause it was a one time through deal - but a really cool one!

Terry - Yep, The smoke on the water record was a real hoot - I sort of arranged the musical side and the radio station really promoted it - it was a neat day!

So how many axes do you have hanging around your house? I was up to 6 before getting out of it. Now I'm a Tele guy myself... American standard... tattooed on my left shoulder no less

I'm not sure how many - I think it was 23 but then I found a few more in a closet - it's kind of like fly rods - they just keep following me home - Dude, tele tat - THAT is commitment!!! I'm impressed!!

kitgebhardt - Sounds like a nice setup - those old bassmans are groovy. I just did a review for a magazine of an amp called the Chicago blues box - it is a handwired bassman replica of Buddy Guy's personal amp - it sounded awesome in the studio. Hated to have to send it back, but they sell for 5 grand so it is a bit pricey for one good sound!!

hundreds of thousands of miles driven, and lots of fishing time missed.

See that's where you made your mistake - I always make sure I schedule an extra day now and then on the road and get someone to take me fishin!! The Permit in my avatar was caught in the Keys on one such trip - I always try to get in a little fishing in Europe - but they always wanna go catch carp - I tell them we used to just throw those up on the bank back home - usually gets a rise out of them and a few expletive high pitched Monty Python sounding exclamations!!!!

Thanks again guys - I will keep you posted if we get to play down there -

JS

[Kicknbass]

I always make sure I schedule an extra day now and then on the road and get someone to take me fishin!!

Smart man. I always try to work in a fishing trip when traveling on business. Even if it is just for a few hours. There are lots of unique places in the world that you'll never notice if you don't stop and take them in.

EB